Job description

Do you believe software should be more beautiful? When it comes to design, do you see yourself more as a scientist than an artist? Are you looking to join a team that will go the extra mile to deliver brilliant results?

Your key responsibilities

• Own the corporate design and provide creative direction for our product design and brand communication

• Oversee the development and maintenance of design guidelines, systems, and libraries, ensuring consistency and coherence across all our products

• Lead the creative direction and strategy of our product design, ensuring alignment with our overall brand and design guidelines

• Design and develop new concepts, pages and components for our company and product websites

• Co-create Yatta product design across all media types and channels

• Grow and lead the design team and provide mentorship to encourage continuous learning

• Collaborate with co-founders, software engineers, marketeers, and writers to ensure the accurate implementation of designs

Your qualifications

• Graduate or postgraduate degree in graphic design, communication design, interaction design, digital media or similar

• 5+ years of relevant work experience in design (preferably in agencies, design-oriented companies, or startups)

• Proven ability to lead and mentor a team of designers

• Proficient in common wireframing and design tools such as Figma, Adobe CC, etc.

• Basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and web frameworks (Note: You won’t need to code—that’s the developers’ job—but understanding the basics improves collaboration with the team)

• The ability to envision design as a system with implications for future outcomes and deliverables ideally backed by experience with software design systems, libraries, and components

• Strong analytical skills to transform complexity into design that works and inspires, a keen eye for aesthetics, usability, and typography with a penchant for precision and detail, to the point of perfection

• Interest in tech and development topics as well as issues and topics in and around startup culture